I’m pretty close to the stuff that I’m mixing, and I’ve doing a Headphone Mix. From just opening a project in X2 that was done in X1 I could tell that the audio engine is better. It's not as dull, and I haven't changed anything yet. What's you take? Am I hearing things?

It's null test time for you!

  Yep. The mind is a mysterious thing...

Welcome to NEW SYNDROME. 

No he's right it does sound better...I loaded a project that was recorded through a Lynx Aurora and 8 gig machine, onto a dualcore laptop through a UA-FX4 and I have never liked the sound through this roland thingy so I almost never use it, but this sounded better to me...I will have no reluctance to mix on the road form my laptop, which I would never do before because everything I did before always needed cleaning up on a beast rig after I did it form the lappy...

I know my ears well enough to know something has changed and I like it.

I need A and B tests or it never happened.

No it doesn't perception IS reality...quantum physics proves this...

My main point being, if a user feels like it sounds better, then probably his projects will, because he will be more confident...you obviously want raw data...and when it comes to music and audio unless you can exactly capture Schrodingers smoking at the moment of its death you will never know...

Blind test are for eyes...not ears...I've seen data and I've heard data, but hearing is a very subjective thing, subject to a myriad of factors that change each time you hit play...

We live in an mp3 consumer culture...trust me it sounds better...

soundtweaker


I need A and B tests or it never happened.

Its funny when ever a new version comes out we get posts of this sort. I've been subject to it too. Being human we are all subject to this.

But my answer is be happy.  Love the DAW you're with.

I agree John, and refuse to argue its not an issue, but this is really the first time I have been able to say this without doing any testing myself...normally to my ears the difference is negligible...and test while justifiable really are almost as subjective as the data is varied...I've been in plenty of blind test from Gearslots to PSW days and home recording so I know there is merit on occasion...but the metric of data is only useful when the hairlines need to be split...I think the general consensus will reveal the OP is right...but hey its not like our economy hangs on the vote or anything...

John


Its funny when ever a new version comes out we get posts of this sort. I've been subject to it too. Being human we are all subject to this.

But my answer is be happy.  Love the DAW you're with.

Its a simple test for those who do not know: take the stereo mix from the X1 file, put it parallelel to the same stereo mix bounced inside X2. Route both mixes directly to your Sound card output without going through a Sonar bus of any kind.

Make sure both faders are set to 0. Flip the phase on one of the two tracks.
Hit play.

If there is a difference in the sound, you will hear the actual difference - mix X1 minus mix X2, if there isn't, it will be silent.

Try it and let us know.